单词 | to keep the home fires burning |
释义 | > as lemmasto keep the home fires burning to keep the home fires burning: to run a household as normal while a family member, esp. one's spouse, is away (originally at war). ΚΠ 1914 L. G. Ford 'Till Boys come Home (MS lead sheet) Keep the home-fires burning, While your hearts are yearning, Though your lads are far away. 1920 Texas State Jrnl. Med. Apr. 435/2 The modern woman works... She has kept the factory, as well as the home fires burning. 1981 P. Russianoff Why do I think I'm Nothing without Man? (1991) i. 20 Lloyd kept the home fires burning, doing numerous househusband tasks. 2006 C. Kelly Past Secrets 424 My fabulous partner and second-in-command is on leave,..so somebody has to keep the home fires burning. < as lemmas |
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